The Answering Machine 06/10/2009
 The answering machine has existed since 1898. Vlademar Poulsen patented the Telegraphone, a device which records sound on steel wire. Since then, many different forms of the answering machine have been created, but it was only in the 1980s that it became commercially available to everyone. The device automatically answers the phone, after a few ring tones, and the message is recorded on tape. The answering machine, as a separate object, ceased to exist with the introduction of voicemail--a system permitting the answering machine to be a part of the telephone itself. Sheena Scott  CommentsJenn 01/12/2009 19:55
I still own answering machine, a digital one but still a small box that sits next to my telephone, and records my messages. Paid 50$ for it almost ten years ago, how much have you spent on voicemail, through the phone company in the last 10 years? Leave a Reply | ObituariesThis is where we write about objects that have passed on.  ArchivesMarch 2010 CategoriesAll |
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